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No. 752,700. PATBNTED Enza, V1904.

' M. M. NmHoLLs.

l TUBING. APPLIOATIO FILED JULY 7, 1903.

N0 MODEL.

Wl TN E SSE S UNITED STATES Patented February 23, 1904.

MARK M. NICHOLLS, OFNEW YORK, N. Y.

TUBING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 752,700, dated February23, 1904.

` Application filed July 7, 190s. seria No. 164,565. (No maar4 To allwhom it may concern.-

Beit known that LMARK M. NroHoLLs, a citizen of the'United States, and aresident of the borough of Manhattan, city, county, and State of NewYork, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tubing, ofwhich th following is a specification.

My invention relates to tubing for the conveyance of gases and liquids,and has for its object to provide a tubing of permanent gastight orliquid-tight qualities. To this end I construct tubing in the novelmanner hereinafter described and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure lis partly an elevation and partly a longitudinal section of one form ofmy invention. Fig. 2 is a cross-section on line 2 2 of Fig. 1, and Fig.3 is a cross-section of another form of my invention.

In the construction illustrated by Figs. 1 and 2 the tubing comprises aninner layr of closemesh fabric A, practically impervious to the gluecomposition B, which is applied to the outer surface of said fabric.Then follows a layer of an open-mesh fabric C, and on the outside ofthis Iis applied another layer of glue composition B' or other materialimpervious to the fluid to be conveyed through the tubing. On theoutside may be placed a suitable covering, and the tubing may bearmored, if desired, in any customary or approved manner, as by means ofa coil D.

As the fabric C has open meshes, the glue composition or otherimpervious material will pass into the meshes, so that the fabric C Willpractically be embedded in the said impervious material. I thus preventsaid material from cracking when the tubing is bent, and the danger ofleakage is avoided.

In certain cases, as when the tubing is to serve for the conveyance ofacids or of liquids which might be absorbed by the inner layer of fabricA, I employ an open-mesh inner layer A', as shown in Fig. 3, so that theimpervious substance B willspread on and cover lthe inner surface ofsaid fabric. In all other respects the construction shown in Fig. 3 may4 be the same as that first described.

Various modifications may be made Without departing from the nature ofmy invention.

I claim-- l. Tubing comprising an inner layer of fabric, a layer of`impervious material surrounding said fabric, an open-mesh fabricsurrounding said impervious material and another layer of imperviousmaterial surrounding said open-mesh fabric and entering the meshesthereof.

2. Tubing comprising an inner layer of fabric, a surrounding layer ofimpervious material, and a layer of open-mesh fabric embedded in saidimpervious material.

3. Tubing comprising an inner layer of fabric, a layer of imperviousmaterial surrounding said fabric and a layer of openmesh fabrie inengagement with said impervious material and having its meshes filledwith said material.

4. Tubing comprising an inner layer of close-mesh fabric, a layer ofimpervious material surrounding said close-mesh fabric and another layerof impervious material surrounding said open-mesh fabric, said twolayers of impervious material uniting through the interstices of saidopen-mesh fabric.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

MARK M. NICHOLLS. Witnesses HANS v. BRIESEN, EUGENE EBLE.

